Category Archives: New hires

In Rookie Smarts, Liz Wiseman explains why people often perform at their peak whenever they’re doing something for a first time. You show up to do a job. You know you know so little, and need to know so much. … Continue reading →

co-authored with John Holland, Co-founder, CustomerCentric Selling In a recent presentation for Corporate Visions, Scott Santucci of Forrester Research noted that CEOs are increasingly worried that their selling systems are not adapting quickly enough to accommodate changing business strategies. In … Continue reading →

There’s a commonly held view that sales is a numbers game and success depends upon how hard Reps try. Most sales organizations measure day-to-day sales performance by counting activity. How many: calls were made, meetings were conducted, proposals were issued, … Continue reading →

Attended the Sales & Marketing 2.0 Conference earlier this week. It was time well spent. Four themes emerged: ONE: BUYERS NEED HELP + SAAVY FIRMS ARE RESPONDING Buyers are looking for sellers that can create more value, faster. At the … Continue reading →

Improving the productivity of an existing sales team holds enormous promise for new competitive advantages. A recent HBR article on the new science of sales productivity hints at the scope of the achievable. The authors provide a useful comparison of … Continue reading →

Selling business-to-business is time consuming and effort laden. It’s increasingly taking more time and more effort. String together the findings of several industry studies and it becomes clear that something isn’t working. As noted in our just released whitepaper: win … Continue reading →